...for he is like a refiner's fire... and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier... and purge (me) as gold and silver, that (I) may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness. I must receive into the depths of my heart the searching scrutiny of God which removes the dross of selfishness, sin and judgement that I may praise His name forever.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Our wills must be abandoned to the will of God, our bodies presented as a living sacrifice. It is through the body that all the gracious principles and affections of believers reveal themselves in life, through action our belief becomes palpably manifest to the world. We are moved, powerfully, to an overcoming love toward 'time-blinded' mankind.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

The most significant risk we take in life, is in loving others. Passivity and self-absorption restrict our ability to take relational risks. To 'turn the other cheek' when the our mechanic seems absent-minded, when our classmate has a 'blonde moment', and remember a kindness, a conversation, to pay attention to and choose how you construct meaning from experience is an act of maturity. When we focus on our hungriness and our fatigue and our desire, we will loose the socially-conscious sensitivity that is conducive to a healthy and holistic outlook on life. It will re-shape perspective and faith.

Saturday, June 05, 2010

Within the context of this culture enters the big, I, Me, the center of the universe, Self, MySelf. "Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence. (This is) ... natural, basic self-centeredness. It is our default-setting, hard-wired into our motherboards at birth. Think about it: There is no experience you've had that you were not at the absolute center of."